Biologists are on a mission to save Death Valley's most precious treasure --the tiny Devil's Hole Pupfish . From NATURE's Life in Death Valley airing on Sunday, September 2nd at 8 p.m. on WPBT/Channel 2 Miami.
Life in Death Valley captures the simmering cauldron of Death Valley; the hottest, driest place in the US, epic in its beauty but punishing in its brutal extremes. In a scorched landscape marked by endless miles of salt flats, molten rock canyons, and lunar craters, survival is a miracle in itself.
This week, uVu takes a tour of the Keys and enjoy a One Night Stand with some inventive playwrights. The Miami Herald issues an artist's challenge Miami Beach welcomes the Biscayne Corridor and U of M bids farewell to the O.B.
I gathered with some of my French friends on Monday to watch the America at a Crossroad episode on Channel2. I knew it would be an interesting show to watch, and I was right. It was strangely funny to see the gap between the French perspective on things and the American one.
Much of what was said was true; but some of it seemed a little exaggerated, in my opinion. Some of the interviews with French citizens in a typical bistro cafe were simplistic from my point of view because it really depends on the region you visit, the feelings about Americans vary greatly.
MOVIES MYSTERY! ANTIQUES ROADSHOW WIDE ANGLE P.O.V. HAUTE COUTURE & LORDS OF THE GOURD GENERATION 2.0 & GENERATION NEXT AMERICAN MASTERS BROWN IS THE NEW GREEN
MOVIES High Society This all-star musical romp finds Grace Kelly about to remarry when wealthy ex-husband Bing Crosby pops back into her life and tries to win her back. Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm snoop around as reporters in this Cole Porter penned musical remake of The Philadelphia Story. HIGH SOCIETY, airs on Saturday, September 1 at 9:00 p.m. (120 minutes)
This Summer Key West's Historic Armory Exploded with Drama!
In August, The Studios of Key West (TSKW) presented "One Night Stand", a collaborative summer theatre event that featured a full cast of home-grown talent. Four teams the island's writers, directors, actors and artists came together to create and produce four brand-new ten-minute plays... in only 24 hours.
RUDOLF NUREYEV is one of the enduring icons of 20th-century dance. NUREYEV: THE RUSSIAN YEARS is a new examination of the key period in his life prior to and immediately following his famous "leap to freedom" in 1961. Premiering Wednesday, August 29 on GREAT PERFORMANCES on WPBT/Channel 2 in Miami, the special weaves recent interviews with Russian colleagues and rare archival footage of the young dancer never before seen in the West.
From crossword aficionado Jon Stewart to consumer activist Ralph Nader, to men dancing hula and women running countries—the new season of Independent Lens is as diverse as ever.
How do you get some of South Florida's most talented chefs together in one location? Well, either have a celebrity chef cook-off OR hold auditions for the new WPBT restaurant review show, Check, Please!
The complete show can be viewed for free on the web starting August 25 at http://www.pbs.org/now
In
this weekend's NOW show, airing Sunday, August 26 at 11am, NOW talks to two soldiers who went AWOL and
eventually left the Army, but who took very different paths.
NOW
captures the moment when one man turns himself in, and when another
applies for refugee status in Canada, becoming one of the 20,000
soldiers who have deserted the army since the War in Iraq began.
Each
describes what drove him to follow his conscience over his call to
duty, and what penalties and criticism were endured as a result.
While rumors of Castro's death have begun to grow again, the South Florida community waits for confirmation in either case. All Miami residents are anxious for the news.
The bigger question in the days that will follow that eventuality is what would the Post-Castro world look like?
Recently ISSUES host Helen Ferre sat down with acclaimed writer and journalist Carlos Alberto Montaner to explore that question.
The two segments can be seen here (part1/part2). They are conducted in Spanish but with English subtitles.
THE
WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn
Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal
accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially
American towns.
Almost all of the thousands of hours of film
collected for THE WAR arrived with no sound. Directors Ken Burns and
Lynn Novick explain the journey from silence to surround sound.
Local news is the
heartbeat of democracy, so why is it disappearing from many communities
around the nation? Media consolidation isn't widely covered by the
mainstream press, but potential changes being considered to the rules
governing the nation's big media companies could have far reaching
effects on democracy.
Bill Moyers Journal devotes an hour to
this important issue with a report on the disappearance of local news
and community radio and in-depth interviews with journalist Rick Karr,
media activist Hannah Sassaman, and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.
The program airs Friday, August 24 at 9 p.m. on WPBT/Channel 2 in Miami.
There is an open call for entries for an exciting contest sponsored by the The Miami Herald. The Herald will reproduce five original works by South Florida artists during Art Basel Miami Beach in December. You can hear from Shelley Acoca, the features editor for Art and Style, who explains what this is all about by watching this clip on uVu or visit MiamiHerald.Com for contest details.
This fall, the new fast-paced, weekly series WIRED SCIENCE joins the elite ranks of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NATURE, NOVA and MASTERPIECE THEATRE as a PBS series. WIRED SCIENCE translates Wired magazine’s award-winning journalism, design and irreverent attitude into a weekly television program that will span the globe to chronicle the scientific advances and technologies that are transforming the world.
And as the tropics begin to heat up, you can take a look at a preview of Anatomy of a Hurricane, WPBT's own peak inside the National Hurricane Center.
Finally, uVu was there when Miami Mayor Manny Diaz addressed the young members of Generation Engage on the matter of building Miami-Dade's Green Economy.
The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications Information Administration has taken the next big step in the eventual transition from analog to digital Television by announcing that IBM will manage the coupon program which should help consumers pay the the converter boxes required to be able to watch digital TV on their current analog TV sets.
As of January 1, consumers can apply for coupons by calling 888-DTV-2009 or visiting www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon.
You can read more about the recent announcement here.
The following information was sent to us from a member of Channel 2's Community Advisory Board. As a service to the community, we'd like to pass this information on. Take a look, it is a great way to start of the new school year.
Broward County Public Schools is an active participant in this year’s Million Father March “I’m Taking My Children To The First Day Of School” nationwide campaign.
On Thursday night, August 16th, in an auditorium on the Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus, uVu had a front row seat for a conversation between Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and the members of Genertion Engage in South Florida. Generation Engage (or GenGage) is a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans to political leaders, to other civic organizations, and to meaningful debate about the future they will inherit.
The organization is built on the belief that young people suffer not from a lack of interest, but from a lack of access and access was what the evening was all about.
On Wednesday, August 22 at 9pm, WPBT/Channel 2 in Miami will run Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain. The following article was written by Alexander Kronemer, the Executive Producer of that program.
The past is often a good guide for the future. Sometimes it provides examples of glory and success that serve as models. Other times, as the philosopher George Santayana said, it
warns of impending calamity for those who do not learn from it.
A few nights ago, we presented the South Florida premiere of a performance special featuring the internationally renowned singer Rocio Jurado. The program, Rocio Siempre, served as a tribute to Ms. Jurado, who sadly, passed away a little more than a year ago.
The response was phenomenal and the calls keep on coming.
Based on that response and the request from many more who missed the first broadcast, WPBT will present the film again this weekend, Sunday, August 19 at 7:00 pm. Here is a brief description of the program:
Coming in September to WPBT/Channel 2 in Miami this visually stunning
ode to time, music, and the stars, Timothy Ferris' SEEING IN THE DARK
celebrates the wonders of stargazing -- from kids learning the
constellations to amateur astronomers doing professional-grade research
in discovering planets and exploding stars.
Ever since the broadcast premiere earlier this year, the question about Home Video and DVD's of this program have continued to come in. Unfortunately, the film is not available on DVD at this time. Elsewhere in this blog you can find a few entries, written by the filmmaker, Ela Troyano, addressing the question as well. It is her hope to have the DVD available at some point, but as of this date the rights are still for broadcast only. The good news is that WPBT/Channel 2 in Miami will be repeating the program in September.
You can stay on top of our schedule information by subscribing to our programming e-newsletter, What2Watch. In the meantime, enjoy this clip and watch this space for more updates.
• THE ROLLING STONES: ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS • LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER • CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN • SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE • MYSTERY! • GREAT PERFORMANCES • GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET • P.O.V.
In the
coming weeks we at Channel 2 will be revamping our newsletter, What2Watch. For those of you who receive the
newsletter—get ready What2Watch is
about to undergo a major facelift. But
we couldn’t stop at a facelift; we’ve decided to bring you more Channel 2 news
and happenings. While you will still
receive Upcoming Program information (air dates, times and summaries) we will
also include information on uVu
(Do you uVu?), financial tips and news from our savvy Nightly Business Report staff, the Volunteer Spotlight, and a space for you
to share your thoughts among other exciting features. You will also have the ability to share the
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No. HDTV is the highest quality of DTV, but it is only one of many formats. In addition to HDTV, the most common formats are Standard Definition Television (SDTV) and Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV).
Sing Out For Lung Health Awareness--A Tribute to Beverly Sills: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, WPBT/Channel 2, and the American Lung Association of Florida present a special tribute to celebrate the life and career of American opera star Beverly Sills, who died July 2, 2007.
Coming to WPBT/Channel 2 Miami in September. THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns.
The Wolfsonian FIU on Miami Beach started a summer film series on August 2nd. The focus this year is the Colonial Legacies in African Countries. The first screening was "Black Girl" directed by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene.
Very late in December, 1968, I was spending the winter
recess at my cousin’s house in East Flatbush. A few days after Christmas, my Aunt bundled
up our 10 year old bodies and took us for a subway ride into Manhattan. Besides the display windows and holiday shopper gawking, our prime objective was to see a film that was only playing in one theatre. It had just opened and came highly recommended by older cousins who lived in San
Francisco
UPDATE: August 10, 2007: The interviews that were done can now be seen on uVu.
Earlier this week, Jessy (uVu producer) and I went to
Aventura to film an interview with the Chonga Girls for the Citizen J
show (on uVu). For those of you unfamiliar with
the Chonga Girls, they took a song by pop singer Fergie called "Fergalicious" and
remade it into “Chongalicious,” in which they parody a dress
style and lifestyle of some Latin women in their age group. The video has been all over the internet and
the track has also made the rounds on some local radio stations. Here are some the
self-deprecating lyrics so you can have an idea of what I’m describing:
Take a sneak peak at on of the new programs joining WPBT/Channel 2's KidVision lineup in September. It's called SUPER Why and here is a look at one of the "stars" of the show.
This amazing group of performers will be making another south Florida appearance in the near future and you can find out about it this evening at 8pm, while you watch a televised version of one of their concerts. This performance special, recorded at historic Slane Castle, features the talented original Celtic Woman members — singers Chloe, Lisa, Méav and Orla and violinist Máiréad — joined by New Zealand-born singer Hayley Westenra, whose forebears hailed from County Monaghan. The songs are a blend of classics, contemporary hits and original material arranged by David Downes.
If you'd like an advanced look you can see an interview with some of the performers here courtesy of WPBT/Channel 2's own ART 360..
What is high definition TV (HDTV)? How is it different from analog television?
HDTV is a name given to two of the digital television (DTV) formats. HDTV provides high resolution programming. A current analog TV picture is made up of horizontal lines on the picture screen; an HDTV picture can have more than twice as many lines, allowing for stunning picture detail.
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